MATLAB: How can i use ‘ character in a string

Question

Hi

How can i merge two seperate strings into one string, for instance;

I want to create a variable like that :

>> 'materialproperties/uniaxialelement.txt' which contains ' character inside.

So i use

A=' ' '; B='materialproperties/uniaxialelement.txt'

FD={ A B A};

but it doesnt work

Can u you help me ?

Answer 1

How to create character arrays (including single quotes) is described in the documentation:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/creating-character-arrays.html

To get a literal single quote you just need to double it, e.g.:

>> FD = '''materialproperties/uniaxialelement.txt'''
FD = 'materialproperties/uniaxialelement.txt'

Or if you want to define a single quote by itself:

>> A = '''' % one single quote by itself
A = '
>> B = 'materialproperties/uniaxialelement.txt'
B = materialproperties/uniaxialelement.txt
>> FD = [A,B,A] % concatenate
FD = 'materialproperties/uniaxialelement.txt'